The Raconteurs

I've been listening to these guys on Pandora a bunch lately, and I'm hooked. Check out these videos, I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. Jack White is one crazy guitar player.

How about some art today???

 

I was lucky enough to spend some time in Washington DC several weeks ago, and I took in some sights. I made it to a couple Smithsonian art museums and saw quite a few incredible pieces of art. I enjoy geometric art especially, and I spent quite a bit of time observing them from different angles. This one piece really stuck in my head. It might be difficult to tell, but these are Night Train bottles.  I walked away from the art museums feeling very inspired by the massive collections of creativity. I also wondered how bad the artist’s head must have hurt from consuming all that cheap wine. To quote Axle Rose "I'm on the Night Train, ready to crash and burn, I'll never learn". Having been on the Night Train early in life, I did crash and burn, but I did learn. Enjoy, I hope this inspires you to be creative today.

Eastman E10OM

 OK, so about 3 months ago I was in Lawrence, KS at a music store called Mass Street Music. I was killing some time while they did a set up on my Martin D-16 (I'll post some pictures of that soon) and I played a few guitars they had. This Eastman brand was one of the many I had in my hands that day. They stock a lot of guitars, and I was able to hack away on some high end Taylor's, Martin's and Collings guitars. Collings are unbelievable guitars and the fit and finish are world class. They are hand made one at a time by craftsmen here in the USA, and it shows. The salesman at Mass used to work at Collings and was a wealth of information on the guitars and the company. Needles to say at over $5000 each, I didn't keep it in my hands long for fear of scratching it or something. One guitar I did pick up several times was an Eastman E10OM. The body is slightly smaller than my Martin, and it just felt perfect. The sound was really big and bold for the smaller size guitar, and this is because of the special wood top made from Adirondack Spruce, and mahogany sides and back. It's all solid wood construction and nitrocellulose lacquer finish are stunning. It's a hand built beauty at a fraction of the cost of the Collings. I left Mass Street that day without the E10OM. As 2 months passed, I continued to drool over this model on their website. Christmas came, and my thoughtful wife gave me a gift card to Mass St. Music, and that was all it took. I called up the salesman that had helped me that day, and bought one. It arrived 2 day later, fully set up and ready to play. I couldn't be happier. Mass is hands down the coolest guitar shop I've ever been to, and the people that work there are great. Check them out on the web at http://www.massstreetmusic.com/ it's on my favorites list for sure.